Shortlisted for the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize. In a small prairie town like Argue, Saskatchewan, everyone knows everybody else’s business. Everyone knows that the Loney family has been barely hanging on -- the father,...
Saskatchewan
- Author:Porter, PamelaSummary:
- Author:Croza, LaurelSummary:
This enhanced e-book, in celebration of Groundwood's 35th anniversary, includes a read-aloud feature of the story narrated by Demi Pallas. The little girl in this story lives in a trailer near a forest in Saskatchewan, where her father...
- Author:Dunaway, Dan PaxtonSummary:
Briony, a prairie girl with a disfigured face, is adopted when she is nine by a childless older couple, Dagget and Moll, who appear mysteriously one day at her orphanage. They take her to their remote town of Crowsbeak in northern...
- Author:McManus, Curtis RSummary:
'Dirty Thirties' is the sobriquet commonly applied to the agricultural crisis in the drylands of southern Saskatchewan in Canada that coincided with the Great Depression. This title contends that the 'Dirty Thirties' actually began much...
- Author:Bachusky, JohnnieSummary:
The Red Coat Trail of southern Saskatchewan and southeastern Alberta runs near the route of the North West Mounted Police’s famous 1874 March West. Today, this lonely highway passes through a windswept land of ghostly abandoned towns....
- Author:Guenther, LisaSummary:
As a long, hot Saskatchewan summer dawns, Darby Swank's life is forever changed when she finds her beloved aunt floating dead in a lake. All at once, her blinders are lifted and she sees the country lifestyle she's always known in a...
- Author:Massie, MerleSummary:
Saskatchewan is the anchor and epitome of the ‘prairie’ provinces, even though half of the province is covered by boreal forest. The Canadian penchant for dividing this vast country into easily-understood ‘regions’ has reduced the...
- Author:Massie, MerleSummary:
- Author:Pitsula, James M.Summary:
- Author:Thatcher, ColinSummary:
On May 7, 1984, Colin Thatcher was convicted of killing his ex-wife JoAnn Wilson the previous year, and was sentenced to life in prison. The murder and the trial provoked a national media frenzy, and the once-prominent Saskatchewan...
- Author:Zink, Valerie, Eaton, EmilySummary:
Oil is not new to Saskatchewan. Many of the wells found on farmland across the province date back to the 1950s when the industry began to spread. But there is little doubt that the recent boom (2006-2014) and subsequent downturn in...
- Author:Innes, Robert AlexanderSummary:
In the pre-reserve era, Aboriginal bands in the northern plains were relatively small multicultural communities that actively maintained fluid and inclusive membership through traditional kinship practices. These practices were governed...
- Author:Innes, Robert AlexanderSummary:
- Author:Slade, Arthur G.Summary:
Robert's brother vanishes and he has to find him. This award-winning book offers a new sophistication to young adult fiction, and a terrifying take on the psychology of fear.
- Author:Lazurko, AnneSummary:
Housekeeper or whore? A dollybird is either or both in the vocabulary of the prairie west in 1906, leaving the community to draw its own conclusions about who and what Moira is and isn't. Determined to find redemption in the midst of...
- Author:Silverthorne, JudithSummary:
Daniel once again travels back to the time of dinosaurs to learn more about the prehistoric creatures he loves. This time he has an unexpected companion.
Following the adventures of Dinosaur Hideout and Dinosaur...
- Author:Silverthorne, JudithSummary:
How can the remains of long-dead dinosaurs help save a modern family farm?
For Daniel, things can't get a lot worse. First of all, he's an amateur palaeontologist but his dad's always on his case about it. They live on a busy...
- Author:Silverthorne, JudithSummary:
This time, twelve-year-old Daniel travels back millions of years to the time of living dinosaurs - a terrifying journey from which he may never return.
In this exciting sequel to Dinosaur Hideout, twelve-year-old Daniel...
- Author:Draper, PennySummary:
12-year-old Ella is surprised by an unusual birthday gift from her father: a Brownie camera and the advice to seek pictures of things that 'don't belong'. This is how Ella first notices Billy, a boy at her school. When Ella's mother's...
- Author:Wheeler, Jordan, Jackson, DennisSummary:
Three city kids increase their survival skills and their understanding of the North when they go to their Mushum's cabin for Christmas
At Christmas time in Northern Saskatchewan, three Cree kids - Talon, Raven and T-Bear - visit...